Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-14
CITY IMPROVEMENT.
Meeting of Two Committees Last Evening
for Business.

| Meeting of Two Committees Last Evening
| for Business.
The improvement Association Committee
ON Clear Water Supply for the city met at
| the office of w. P. Coleman last evening.
The committee consists of W. P. Coleman,
G. w. Chesley, A. ]. Stevens, Captain H.
Weinstock, DIR. W. A. Briggs, C. K. Nc
CATCHY, H Wittenbrock, +. Foster, w. f.
Chamberlain, A. Walter, Frank Gregory,
L. L. Lewis. W. P. Coleman called the
meeting to order and resigned the posi-
ton of Chairman. and L. L. Lewis was
chosen to fill the vacancy. c. K. Nc
CATCHY was elected Secretary. After an
animated and interesting discussion of the
different water plans, a motion of Mr..
Chesley was adopted to adjourn to next
Saturday night at s o'clock. then TO listen
to verbal or written propositions from par
ties interested in water or liberation
schemes. 1t is the desire of the committee
that all parties having plans for supplying
Sacramento with water attend the meet
ing and make known their propositions.
The committee appointed by the associa-
ton upon street railroad facilities, held a
meeting last evening. The members of the
committee are: Phillip Scheld, A Leonard
A. Crouch, H. S. Kirk, L. S. Taylor. and ].
h. Richardson. The full committee was
present. r. S. Carey, proprietor of the
street railway, was also present, by the in
vitation of the committee. An interesting
discussion of street and street railway mat
ters was had. 1t was found by compari-
son of views by those present that great
deal of complaint had been made against
the railway company because they did not
stop their cars at either crossing of street
when hailed by persons desiring to ride.
1t seems that many people have never
yet learned that the street cars are not per-
mitted to stop in an intersection of two
streets, because the City Trustees have
passed an ordinance forbidding it. The
theory of course is that stopping cars at
intersections of streets is liable to cause col
llslon, but the danger is not very great. AT
least Mr.. Carey expressed himself as will
ing to take all chances of damages both to
cars and other vehicles, if the ordinance
be repealed. His road gets the credit of
refusing to stop cars at the intersections,
he said, when they are prohibited from
doing so.
Dillman, A. Leonard and w. H. Colclugh
were appointed to present the matter to
the Board of Trustees and request that the
ordinance be repealed.
The committees attention was called to
the fact that street-cars are the only carriers
of passengers in this city who are required
to pay license therefor but no action was
taken in relation thereto
l.. S. Taylor, j. +. Richardson and L. A.
Crouch werei appointed committee to ex-
anime the condition OF streets along the
line of the street-car tracks and report at
the next meeting of this committee. Mr.
Carey stated that the street-car owners were
at all times willing to do any reasonable
thing to put and keep streets along the line
of their road in good condition that they
would raise their track at II and Tenth
streets if no objection was made so as to
get the street there high enough to drain
the water off; that they would gravel be-
tween the rails of their track on H street
whenever the city would gravel the bal
snce of the street, but that they were not
willing to have the grade of that street
raised, because it would destroy their track
to do so.
Mr.. Carey also said they were willing to
have o street graded. 1t could be graded
up without injury to them, for the reason
that when the City Engineer had given
them their grade, he had set their track
above the grade of the street four inches.
With reference to the line from h and
Second streets to the Art Gallery, Mr.
Carey stated that he did not wish to lay
down track himself but if any citizens
would undertake the matter he would give
them the use of car to be run on that
line, they to furnish the horses and driver
and that they could run that car over his
lines to the depot from h and Second
streets free of charge. He also stated that
as soon as practicable the street car owners
would extend the track from Tenth and X
streets to Twentieth, and after that was
completed they would extend the three
branches out H, K and streets few
blocks at time, but each to be kept abreast
of the other until Thirty-frst street is
reached. This will be done as fast as the
business viii warrant, but they will not at
tempt specially to boom those streets. They
had had enough of experience in that line
at East Park. They mad tried to boom for
two years and lost money on the job.
The committee adjourned to meet at the
call of the President